Stunt performance and quarantine weight gain
Have you gained covid-19 quarantine weight? Has your strength and flexibility whilst performing stunts been affected by not being able to...
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Erol Mehmet
- Jan 7, 2021
- 3 min
Turning the heat up on Eastenders and the backfall
Was Shane Richie guilty? In the need for good entertainment to lift our spirits last year, many people turned to the 2020 'I'm A...
Erol Mehmet
- Dec 19, 2020
- 4 min
New blockbuster - 'When the world rebuilt itself'
The new blockbuster ‘When the world rebuilt itself’ hasn’t been written yet, it’s just another great title for the future, maybe an epic...
Erol Mehmet
- Sep 17, 2020
- 3 min
'Covid-19 Invaded Earth' will it be a blockbuster starring Tom Hanks?
Someone somewhere will be writing a film about it already. In a few years, we will see something like ‘Covid-19 invaded earth’ on the big...
Erol Mehmet
- Jul 27, 2020
- 5 min
What a smashing stunt! Breaking glass...
The use of shattering glass in production looks dramatic on the big screen. The methodology behind breaking stunt glass is really...
Erol Mehmet
- Jul 2, 2020
- 4 min
Health and safety in the film and TV industry
A ‘Production company' is generally the 'employer' of crew, actors and stunt perfomers etc... So, it is their responsibility to make sure...
Erol Mehmet
- Jul 1, 2020
- 4 min
The Coronavirus and the TV & film industry
Medical staff around the world are superheroes fighting the Coronavirus. Globally, we are beginning to win the battle and our lives are...
Erol Mehmet
- May 15, 2020
- 3 min
Swordsmanship - touche!
Swordsmanship On the battlefield, the value of swordsmanship diminished after the introduction of firearms. However, in the acting and...
Erol Mehmet
- May 1, 2020
- 4 min
Gunshot reactions - say hello to my little friend
Many factors have to be taken into consideration when reacting to a gunshot in a fight scene for the big screen, TV or other productions....
Erol Mehmet
- Dec 21, 2019
- 8 min
10 considerations when choreographing a fight scene for a production
A choreographed fight scene is usually an impressive illusion of physical combat without causing harm to performers.
Erol Mehmet
- Dec 1, 2019
- 3 min
Hiking for fitness
Hiking for fitness - a continuation of my other article. Welcome to the mountains.
Erol Mehmet
- Aug 26, 2019
- 2 min
Fighting fit
Are you fighting fit? Fitness plays a key part in being a stuntman and sometimes it's tough getting a balance. A balance between...
Erol Mehmet
- Jun 19, 2019
- 1 min
Death-defying movie stunts
Gasp! "That was awesome!" When I’m at the cinema watching an action movie I can’t help but look at the audience’s reaction to some of the...
Erol Mehmet
- Apr 22, 2019
- 3 min
The evolution of stuntwomen
In this article, we are opening up the topic of the evolution of stuntwomen. Even now I can still sit and watch Laurel and Hardy, Charlie...
Erol Mehmet
- Aug 23, 2018
- 4 min
Stunt driving - there's more to it than meets the eye
When I passed my driving test, never did I think years later I would be reversing down a narrow alley with a camera on my bonnet, a...
Erol Mehmet
- Mar 30, 2018
- 3 min
Stunt performing
Why would you want to be a stunt performer?
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